French PM vows 'massive' police deployment for new demonstrations

Home France To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Un fuego arde mientras policías antidisturbios montan guardia durante los disturbios, un día después de una jornada nacional de manifestaciones contra el costo de vida y el aumento del precio de los combustibles, en París, Francia, el 18 de octubre de 2026 © Abdul Saboor, Reuters 01:58 Issued on: 20/10/2026 - 22:05 French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Tuesday vowed a "massive" police presence at fresh protests called for the coming weekend, as he faced criticism over the handling of recent street violence. The eurozone's second-largest economy was rocked on Saturday by some of its worst rioting in recent years, just six months before voters head to the polls to elect a successor to President Emmanuel Macron. FRANCE 24's Ellen Gainsford reports. Keywords for this article